Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet (13 October 1622 – 29 August 1691) of

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, Northumberland was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1659 and 1685. Delaval was the son of Robert Delaval of Seaton Delaval. He matriculated at

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on 15 June 1638, aged 16 and was admitted to

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in 1639. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Dabbe-Dirkin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 366–405. Date accessed: 3 November 2011
/ref> He was

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in 1649. In 1659, Delaval was elected Member of Parliament for

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for the

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. He was re-elected MP for Northumberland in 1660 for the Convention Parliament. He was created a

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of Seaton, in the County of Northumberland in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1660. In 1677 he was elected MP for Northumberland again in the

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and was re-elected for the two parliaments of 1679 and in 1681.History of Parliament Online - Delaval, Ralph
/ref> Delaval developed the family's commercial interests at Seaton Delaval by building a harbour and sluice gates at nearby Hartley Pans, which came to be known as

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. Delaval was succeeded firstly by his eldest son Ralph and later by a younger son

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